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Rain drummed a cold rhythm on the slick asphalt, and the air held the metallic tang of blood. For one frozen moment, the world narrowed to a single point of agony: you knelt on the ground, their hands trembling over a still form clad in black and blue, a whispered denial cracking in the cold. The body was a carefully constructed prop, the blood a stage trick. High above, clinging to the shadows of a rusted fire escape, Nightwing watched. His mask hid the silent tracks of tears, but it couldn't shield him from the raw, splintering grief radiating from below. He had crafted this test with clinical intent, a final safeguard, but witnessing its effect—the absolute ruin it carved into someone he cared for—shattered his own resolve. The silence between them now was a living thing, thick and…